Nivedita Gupta

Biographic Data

ID7000577
NAMENivedita Gupta
GIVEN NAMESNivedita
FAMILY NAMEGupta
SIGNATUREGUPTA N
AFFILIATIONSIndian Council of Medical Research
ORCID0000-0002-8573-0189
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Implementation of India’s largest sentinel surveillance for meningitis

    Open AccessLeyanna Susan George, Anurupa Chakraborty et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: as the most common bacterial pathogen. The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) was introduced into India's Universal Immunization Program in 2017 with PCV-13 across five states and was later replaced by the indigenously manufactured PCV-10 in 2019. However, the absence of a nationwide surveillance platform for pneumococcal and other meningitis-causing pathogens limited data on disease burden and vaccine impact. To address this, the I…

  • Facilitators and barriers to the uptake of Covid-19 vaccine precaution dose among adult population

    Open AccessSheela Godbole, Vishal Diwan et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: India launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive on 16th January 2021 by vaccinating the adult population above 18 years of age. This was followed by the introduction of an additional precaution dose. As on 18th October 2022, 1,02,66,96,808 (1.02 Billion) first dose and 94, 95, 39,516 (949 Million) second doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered. However, when compared to the uptake of the primary doses, the precaution dose uptake l…

  • Pandemic potential of the Nipah virus and public health strategies adopted during outbreaks

    Open AccessThekkumkara Surendran Anish, Reghukumar Aravind et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Kerala, a south Indian state witnessed several outbreaks of Nipah encephalitis since 2018, a zoonotic viral disease with significant pandemic potential. This review highlights the relevance of surveillance and health system preparedness, infection control, early diagnosis and treatment with broad-spectrum antivirals, environmental conservation, and community engagement in mitigating Nipah outbreaks. Additionally, it emphasises the importance of d…

  • Protocol for establishing a model for integrated influenza surveillance in Tamil Nadu, India

    Open AccessRizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Varsha Potdar et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    The potential for influenza viruses to cause public health emergencies is great. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2005 concluded that the world was unprepared to respond to an influenza pandemic. Available surveillance guidelines for pandemic influenza lack the specificity that would enable many countries to establish operational surveillance plans. A well-designed epidemiological and virological surveillance is required to strengthen a cou…

  • External quality assessment for laboratories in pan-India ILI/Sari surveillance for simultaneous detection of influenza virus and Sars-CoV-2

    Open AccessVarsha Potdar, Neetu Vijay et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: The Indian Council of Medical Research has set up a nationwide network of 28 laboratories for simultaneous surveillance of influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 in ILI/SARI patients, using an in-house developed and validated multiplex real-time RTPCR assay. The aim of this study was to ensure the quality of testing by these laboratories by implementing an external quality assessment program (EQAP). Methods: For this EQAP, a proficiency tes…

  • Pan-India influenza-like illness (ILI) and Severe acute respiratory infection (Sari) surveillance

    Open AccessVarsha Potdar, Neetu Vijay et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Over time, COVID-19 testing has significantly declined across the world. However, it is critical to monitor the virus through surveillance. In late 2020, WHO released interim guidance advising the use of the existing Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) for the integrated surveillance of influenza and SARS-CoV-2. Methods: In July 2021, we initiated a pan-India integrated surveillance for influenza and SARS-CoV-2 t…

  • Use of Covid-19 Test Positivity Rate, Epidemiological, and Clinical Tools for Guiding Targeted Public Health Interventions

    Open AccessNivedita Gupta, Saimun Saimun et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    India experienced a second wave of COVID-19 infection with an unprecedented upsurge in the number of cases. We have analyzed the effect of different restrictive measures implemented in six Indian states. Further, based on available national and international data on disease transmission and clinical presentation, we have proposed a decision-making matrix for planning adequate resources to combat the future waves of COVID-19. We conclude that prag…

  • Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala State, India Amidst of Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessPragya D Yadav, Rima R Sahay et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    We report here a Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in Kozhikode district of Kerala state, India, which had caused fatal encephalitis in a 12-year-old boy and the outbreak response, which led to the successful containment of the disease and the related investigations. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR, ELISA-based antibody detection, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) were performed to confirm the NiV infection. Contacts of the index c…